Diego Felipez de Guzman

Diego Felipez de Guzman (1580-1655) was the Spanish Empire Governor of Milan from 1635 to 1641 and Viceroy of Catalonia (nominally) from 1645 to 1648.

Biography
Felipez was the cousin of Gaspar de Guzman, the Prime Minister of the Spanish Empire, and was born in 1580. From the age of 20 until the death of Governor Albert VII of Austria of the Spanish Netherlands in 1621, Felipez gained valuable combat experience in the Dutch Revolt against the United Provinces.

In 1635, Felipez was appointed as the Governor of Milan, and he fought in the Piedmontese Civil War against France, Parma, Mantua, and Savoy, backing Tommaso di Carignano's faction. In 1639 he launched a grand offensive but was turned back at Turin in 1640, and in 1641 he was dispatched to Catalonia to fight the Catalan revolt and the French. He defended Tarragona, but was disgraced after losing the Battle of Lerida in 1642; he was later rehabilitated and defended Lerida in 1646. He remained viceroy until 1648.